>> it makes me feel good. >> reporter: just 24 hours earlier, jimenez was crying for a different reason. she was walking to her apartment with her two, young boys, when police say a 14-year-old boy pulled out a gun and pointed it at the mother of two. police say the gun was actually a fake. but to jimenez, it looked real. >> and he put the gun to my face and said, give me your purse or i'm going to shoot you. and i just told him, please don't do this in front of my kids. and i gave him my purse. and he ran away. >> reporter: jimenez put her boys behind her to shield them from the robber. >> i didn't want him to hurt my kids. please, don't do nothing to my kids. >> reporter: the thief got away with $27 in the purse. but was caught an hour later. >> it really got to us that kids were involved. >> reporter: it struck a chord with him. >> we do this job to help people out. and she's a prime example of a

victim that needed help. we all got together and we made it happen. >> reporter: jimenez got her purse back, minus the money that was inside. the target department store hearing her story, donated a $100 gift card. the police gave toys, t-shirts and other gift cards. >> we were fine. we were safe. thank god he didn't do nothing to us. >> reporter: now, san jose has had more than 50 robberies in the first 2 months of this year. this includes businesses as well as person-to-person. we're live in san jose tonight. >> thank you, george. new video just into our newsroom tonight. investigators are hoping these images provide clues as to whereabouts of an east bay couple that vanished in peru. surveillance cameras show garrity and jamie at a bus station in lima. this may be the last-known images of the pair. hand and neal embarked on a trip

to south america. their bank activity suddenly stopped. >> we're asking everyone, we need your help. somebody knows where garrett is. garrett and jamie neal. they know where they are. someone is with them, somewhere. so, we need them to call us. we need them to come home. >> hand's family says they learned the cyclist may have boarded the boat for an amazon cruise. the state department recently issued a travel warning that kidnappers may be targeting american tourists in peru. no deal and no indication that negotiations are under way. tonight, a lot of work needs to be done in washington. if lawmakers don't act by friday, automatic budget cuts will kick in. schools will lose nearly $90 million. army base operations, $54 million. senior nutrition programs, $5.4

million. nbc's terry mcsweeney is live in emeryville tonight with more. >> reporter: you can talk about $85 billion in cuts. for thousands of people in the bay area, it comes down to $4.25. that's the cost of the average meal for the clients of meals on wheels. their story is, if they don't get that meal, they do without. their story is the story of don atkins of union city. >> it gets tougher when you get old er, believe me. things happen to you. you know? if you didn't expect. >> reporter: that is the truth for 79-year-old don atkins of union city. he didn't expect his wife to die, his business to go under. his nutrition to be dependent on meals on wheels. >> without the extra vitamins and the health that those meals give you, and a good, balanced

meal, you're able to fight the disease off. that's my understanding. and the doctor agrees with that. and i do, too. >> reporter: but if the federal spending cuts kick in, meals on wheels will be kicked in the gut. the organization that provides meals to home-bound, isolated elders could lose a chunk of its budget. it would mean the loss of $100,000 per year or 282 meals per day. there could be layoffs. >> really, what we have is professional staff, client care staff. and nutrition staff, who make sure the meals are wholesome and nutritious and safe. >> reporter: another money-saving option, is the unthinkable. turning away elders in need of a meal. >> it's a heart breaker. >> reporter: don would miss the

daily visit of the volunteers. >> one's an oakland a's fans. so forth and so on. >> reporter: i asked don, what if it happens and meals on wheels stops? >> it have to survive somehow. at least i'm still eating. but just not as much. i don't know what that will do to me. >> reporter: the folks at meals on wheels says, there's two things you can do about this. you can go on meals on wheels website and make a contribution. or call your congressional representative and tell them to do something about this. a lot of people who clients on meals on wheels, would make that phone call, but they can't afford a phone. live in emeryville, terry mcsweeney. >> thank you. tonight, the coast guard is searching the waters and asking for the public's help in identifying the family who made this may day call. >> coast guard, coast guard. we are abandoning ship. this is the charm blower. we are abandoning ship.

>> the coast guard are searching for a husband, wife and two young children believed to be on a sailboat. they were about 65 miles off of monterey, when they reported that the boat was taking on water. >> we believe they have life jackets and not much other safety equipment. they were trying to fashion a life raft out of coolers and other objects on the sailboat. >> a series of calls began around 4:00 p.m. the ast guard, amy and national guard have joined the search today. there's no sign of the boat or the family. it's a question posed around the world. who will be the next leader of the catholic church? tonight, 11 u.s. cardinals are preparing to answer them. among them, the former archbishop of san francisco. today, he addressed the controversy surrounding another california cardinal, roger mahoney, and calls him for not to participate in the papal conclave.

church maloney participated in a cover-up for priests who sexually abused children. >> he's the first to have said and apologized for theeres in judgment he made when they were first coming before him. >> tim lenin was raped and accused by his parish priest. he doesn't think mahoney deserves to select the next pope. >> those kind of officials, no matter what institution, should not be part of the process of any decision of the hierarchy. >> despite the outcry, cardinal maloney left for rome saturday. cardinal le vada leaves for tomorrow. a bald eagle, on a joyride, from palo alto to redwood city. the joyride is over tonight. jean elle joins us in palo alto, where the eagle has landed.

jean? >> reporter: it has landed safely. the eagle is safe here,al the palo alto junior museum and zoo, after several days of free flying. her trainer tempted her with some food. and she landed tonight in redwood city. >> she took off on saturday afternoon, midway through the flight. she had half of her dinner. and headed north. and kept heading north and heading north. >> reporter: john aiken knows where this bald eagle went over the last three days. because a transmitter in her tail pinpointed her location. and he followed her from palo alto to east palo alto, menlo park and redwood city. aiken is like a proud parent. the pair first med at the san francisco zoo. and now, work together at the palo alto junior museum and zoo. she usually responds to his calls and food. but every three years or so, she leaves aiken on a dangerous adventure. >> power lines.

there's trucks and cars. and people that are unpredictable. >> reporter: she has a tail injury from a gunshot wound. she doesn't hunt, but loves to spread her wings. aiken says he has no plans to ground her. >> i don't want this to stop. she gets too much joy out of it. so do we. i don't think it's going to happen all that often. it happens maybe every three years. >> reporter: now, sequoia is supposed to fly free on thursday. but he may postpone that flight, just to be on the safe side. 35 different charges in northern california officer facing accusations that he was pulling women over and sexually assaulting them. >> he's accused of kidnapping, raping or assaulting several women. how they caught him and why there could be more victims out there. police changing tactics in the search to find a man accused

of killing a bay area rapper. it was surreal. this moment, it's frozen in time, sort of trembling. physically started shaking. >> home from hollywood. the oscar magic. the producers who are carrying gold.

new at 11:00, a west sacramento police officer may have had his own stop and frisk plan. tonight, he's accused of using his position to assault women. richard sharp joins us live from san francisco with the latest on this investigation. >> he worked for the department for five years, according to the

chief. this was his first law enforcement job. a short career that came to an end today when he was arrested. for almost a year, the west sacramento police department says one of their own, sergio alvare alvarez, kidnapped, raped or asaultded six women. >> i'm sickened that someone put in a position of trust would violate that trust. in such an egregious and despicable manner. >> reporter: all of the victims were picked up on west capital avenue. he did all of this, on duty, in uniform and in his patrol car. we talked to this woman. we're not showing her face because she knows officer alvarez by name and is not surprised at his arrest. >> it's very serious to me because of the ladies he -- >> reporter: there were six victims. do you think there's going to be more? >> there were about 16.

>> reporter: alvarez was arrested on about 35 different charges. his bail set at $26.3 million. >> officer alvarez was terminated. served termination paperwork. >> reporter: the arrest has stunned neighbors who used to live next door to him. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: alvarez, used to rent a home from this woman, who paints a different picture of the arrested officer. >> he was very nice. he was a good guy. really sweet. >> reporter: now, the west sacramento police department is in the long process of rebuilding their image and reviewing their policies, to see if major changes are needed. >> i'll be doing everything we can to assure that this won't occur again. >> reporter: now, the chief says that this came to their attention when another one of their officers was contacted by one of the alleged victims. that was in september. the next day, officer alvarez was placed on paid administrative leave. the search continues. and police are using a new tool

to track down the prime suspect in that las vegas shooting last week. three people died, including an oakland rapper. police say the manhunt for 26-year-old ammar harris will be the posted on billboards across southern nevada, this picture here among them. they're widening their search to include the southeast, where he once lived. harris was driving a black range rover last thursday on the las vegas strip when he shot at oakland rapper, kenny cherry. after being shot, cherry's car crashed into a taxi that exploded. police found harris' range rover a few blocks away on saturday. it's bad and getting worse. but san jose is working on a plan to fix bad roads. part of the plan includes you footing the bill. a quart e of the roadways are in poor condition. and by 2020, every road will be that way. how to fix it? ooh tax. a half-cent sales increase. or a bond measure.

lights, camera, emeryville. the oscar arrived in the east bay today. the oscar, thanks to marida, the star of "brave." scott budman reports from the pixar party as the employees welcome oscar. >> reporter: a little bit of scotland came to pixar's emeryville headquarters to celebrate the oscar that came home in honor of "brave," the academy award winner for best animated feature. >> we spent six years making this film. and to have it recognized at this level, it was surreal. it is frozen in time, as sort of trembling. i started physically shaking. >> reporter: the "brave" team just arrived from los angeles, was toasted by the entire company, famous for mixing

technology together with story telling and coming up with oscar gold. >> the story's driving everythi everything. it comes back to the story, story. when you have that overwhelming force that is the nature of story, the technology is just supporting that. always supporting it. never going past it. and that's where that balance comes in. >> reporter: speaking of balance, what's it like for bay area tech types to hobnob with the hollywood elite? >> walking by. like, i'm sorry. you step on someone's foot. oh, that was daniel day-lewis. oops. that was your dress i stepped on. we were trying not to get hurt ourselves on the carpet. >> reporter: hollywood should get used to us because pixar has become a powerhouse. and the pixar machine continues to roll on. they've got another film due soon. it's called "monsters university." you can expect to see that one in theaters june 21st.

reporting at pixar headquarters, scott budman. >> it's a great mother/daughter movie. merida. >> i'll rent the movie. and angus. >> you are a movie reviewer, jess. current temperatures starting to drop. 39 in santa rosa. 41 in livermore. a little milder in the south bay, with 47 in san jose. let's get you outside our camera network. you can see from downtown san francisco, to the best bridge. testing the bay lights on right now. and we have the full moon with the excellent visibility. not expecting a fog event for tomorrow. you'll be able to see the full moon early enough. getting the kids down to the bus stop, getting yourselves early to work. temperatures in the mid-30s. the coldest in the north bay, with 35 in santa rosa. 36 in napa. and mid-30s back to the east bay. almaden valley, 40.

and you'll need a jacket from san jose to los gatos. daytime highs awesome for tuesday. 65 in san jose. morgan hill with 66. also, ever green, and if you like that, you're going to love the seven-day forecast. temperatures going up even a little more. tuesday, back to the trivalley, 64 in dublin. 68 in walnut creek. and hayward and fremont. on the peninsula. an ocean breeze will keep you in the low 60s. here is the problem. the allergies are going to be moderate. too high for all listed on this board. not only for the next 24 hours, but for the next 3 to 4 days, with no large rainstorm in the forecast. here we go. doing any traveling, this is going to definitely slow you down. we have a major blizzard that continues to dump tons of snow across kansas, also oklahoma. reports of two. foot snowdrifts in oklahoma.

winds will top 60 miles per hour. and now, the snow is really going to get going in central missouri. here's some of the worst delays we expect for tomorrow morning. even if you're flying out of sfo, where it is going to be clear. wichita, snow. st. louis, sleet. chicago, snow. atlanta rain. and washington, d.c. with rain. that will likely cause residual delays across the entire airport boards for tomorrow. on your three-day forecast, it stays sunny with high pollen on tuesday. morning fog on wednesday. slightly cooler. by thursday, friday and saturday, temperatures go up, upper 60s and low 70s. warmest weather of the year. we should be in the middle of plenty of rain right now. that's not happening on the seven-day. some of the long-term models in the next two to three weeks, try to bring in some rain. rain stick back in the weather center. i'm going to get to work on that. i know you want rain at home. >> how big is the rain stick? >> i can't. we learned it in meteorology. >> you have to say it.

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breaking news to share with you. in egypt right now, a hot air balloon crash has reportedly killed 19 tourists. french and british tourists are among the dead. an egyptian security official says there was a fire and an explosion. and the balloon plunged from the sky near luxor. of course, we'll bring you more information on this story as it becomes available. back with sports in a moment.

let's bring in dave feldman from the comcast sports net newsroom. >> hi, jessica. >> what have you got going tonight? >> we're going to start with baseball. the giants back on the diamond in scottsdale today. having split their first two spring training games.

and madison bumgarner was taking the mound, since his world series game two masterpiece, which we remember was pretty good. top one. lines it to joaquin arias. hunter pence triples to center. one for two, two runs. next batter, arias. grounds into a fielder's choice. pence scores. a lot of runs being scored here. bottom three, pablo sandoval, hits a double to center. he would advance to third on a wild pitch. next batter, arias. singles to left. sandoval scores. still in the third. brett hill doubles to left. buster posey, hunter pence come on in. the giants led 9-0, in the third. but they tie this 9-9.

you can tie in spring baseball. indians and a's. top of the first. michael brantley, grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. michael borne scores. 1-0, indians. top of the second. chris mcginness strikes out looking. cory phelps, a flare to right. josh reddick, he's going. he's going to get it. two innings pitched, gave up a run. he struck out one, walked one. hideki okajima making his debut. juan diaz, a grounder. josh donaldson, a diving stop. the a's lose 14-10. chimer, 5-0, this spring. the sharks will try to snap their slide tomorrow when they host colorado. and they'll be without the services of ryane clowe. he is suspended for coming off of chicago's andrew shaw on

friday. he can return on thursday, since he did not play on saturday in dallas. "sports illustrated" reports reigning mls mvp has signed a new contract with the earthquakes. the contract for four seasons, the first three of which, are guaranteed. espn is reporting the raiders are trying to restructure carson palmer's contract. we all remember, the raiders and palmer, raj and jessica, did not have a great year. >> no, they did not. thank you, dave. we'll be right back.

take a look. it looks harmless. but these are some of the first fragments found from that meteorite that strikes across the sky in siberia.

dozens of pieces found by an expedition team. this was a couple of weeks ago. that meteorite fell to earth on february 15th, the exact day. leaving behind a trail of smoke as it streaked through the atmosphere. locals say the meteorite fell into a lake, leaving a 20-foot hole in the ice. no space rock found online for sale is the real deal. you have a lot of people putting on rock online for hundreds of dollars, and so forth. that's fake. let's turn things over to jeff. >> you should keep your eyes to the sky and see some kind of meteorite in the sky. it happens all the time. we're going to have clear conditions. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s for the east bay and north bay. so, a cold start. by the afternoon, sunny skies, upper 60s. if you suffer from allergies, not a good day. some of the warmest weather of

2013 coming your way. if we can't get the rain, let's get the temperatures on up there. and let's enjoy it. >> enjoy it. >> it's california. we know how to enjoy sunny weather. >> and everyone sneezing in the newsroom. >> not good. we need rain. >> thanks for joining us tonight. jay leno is up next. >> see you tomorrow. bye-bye.

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tonight, jay welcomes -- russell crowe, eli roth, the music of robert randolph with the slide brothers and we visit the "vanity fair" oscar party. and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: hi, guys. thank you very much! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "the tonight show."

thank you. thank you. well, first off -- [ cheers and applause ] congratulations to our good friend, ben affleck. "argo" won the academy award. best picture, yes. [ cheers and applause ] very happy for ben. yeah. man, that makes the second time lincoln has had a bad experience in the theater. that's the second time. [ laughter ] michelle obama announced the winner for best picture last night from the white house. that came as a surprise. but, you know, something happened. i thought maybe -- i thought this was a bit rude. take a look. >> mrs. obama, do you have your envelope? >> and the oscar goes to -- [ drumroll ] >> "argo." [ laughter and applause ] >> jay: wow. and "life of pi" took home four oscars. it's about a young boy trapped at sea on a small boat with a a man-eating tiger.